Deathworld

Harry Harrison

Oct 2015 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this eBook

Deathworld' is perhaps Harry Harrison's best known novel and is certainly the book that put him on the map. Jason dinAlt is a daring gambler. He uses his spotty psionic powers to give himself a slight edge in games of chance. After winning a large fortune at the tables, he flees for his life to Deathworld, the most dangerous planet ever colonized by human beings. He will soon discover that nothing is what it seems.

Ratings and reviews

A lovely classic scifi, I rebought it digitally after losing my paper copy Spent months trying to find it, years thinking about it And was even better than I remembered

exceptional book. I read this first a a teenager and promptly forgot the name, found it almost thirty years later and it's still an excellent experience.

About the author

HARRY HARRISON was the Hugo Award-nominated, Nebula Award-winning and "New York Times" bestselling author of the "Stainless Steel Rat", "Deathworld, " and "West of Eden" series, as well as "Make Room! Make Room!"which was turned into the cult classic movie, "Soylent Green" starring Charlton Heston and Edward G. Robinson. In 2009 Harrison was awarded the Damon Knight SF Grand Master Award by the Science Fiction Writers of America. He died in 2012.